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Hi everyone, my name is Raquel and today I want to present the book The Bluest Eye.

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Okay, I'm going to talk about the author, who is Tony Morrison,

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was an American writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993.

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Her works often are about themes like identity, racism, and the African-American experience.

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I'm going to make a brief summary about the book.

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The story takes place in Lorin, Ohio during the 1940s.

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The main character is Pecola Breedlove, a young African-American girl who dreams of

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having blue eyes, believing that will make her beautiful and accepted by society.

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Pecola lives in a dysfunctional family.

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Her father is alcoholic and violent, and her mother is distanced.

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She faces discrimination at home and in her community, which leads her to want to chase

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her appearance to feel loved.

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Okay, I'm going to say the points that mostly call my attention.

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One of the central themes is internalized racism.

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Pecola believes that having blue eyes, like the dolls she sees in stores, will make her

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beautiful.

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This reflects how societal beauty standards can damage self-esteem.

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Another theme is lost chillhood.

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Pecola loses her innocence because of the traumatic circumstances.

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She lives through showing how environment can affect a chill's development.

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Family and community also play a major role.

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lack of support and love around pecola contributes to her emotional collapse now i'm going to say

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one scene that what is my favorite of this book is when pecola plants a flower named

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marigolds hoping they bloom and bring happiness into her life but the flowers don't grow

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symbolizing a loss of hope. Another powerful moment is when Pecola expresses her wish to have

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blue eyes. This longing shows her struggle to find her place in a world that constantly rejects her.

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In my opinion, this book moved me deeply. The way that Morrison shows Pecola's pain is heartbreaking.

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It made me reflect on how beauty standards and discrimination can destroy a person from the

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inside. I recommend The Bluest Eye to anyone interested in stories that are related to

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important social issues and make you think it's a heavy read but a powerful one. Thank you for

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watching. I hope you like this booktube and it's useful for you to know what book you should read

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next and bye